At the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, nations are divided over how to treat the 1.5C warming target after the UN declared crossing it imminent and unavoidable. Some countries want a final deal affirming 1.5C remains the right goal, while observers say other blocs see an opportunity to abandon it.
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Among the wish-list of negotiating priorities released on Thursday
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It is an existential threat to our food, our economies and sovereignty,
as small as possible for as short a time as possible
It is not something I would call utopian but it is certainly extremely ambitious,
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The world has already warmed about 1.4C above pre-industrial times
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Yet in Turkey, where the COP31 negotiations are at the midway point, some nations are clinging to the goal
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